Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-08-31
NORTHWESTERN NEWS,

NORTHWESTERN NEWS.
Lake Minnetonka, Mimi, received
two more victims Thursday, in the drown
ing Of Prof Fl. S. Widney, principal of the
Excelsior Academy, and Miss Lulu Haines,
the 14-year-old daughter of Mr.. Haines, a
WdaaV his e two S of snd Prof
Haines were gathering water lilies on a
raft in pond near the rear of the academy.
The raft began to sink, when Prof. Widney
jumped off, thinking to lessen the weight,
and save the lives Of the little girls. He
had no sooner jumped in, however,. when
struggle which ensued, Prof. Widney and
Miss Haines were drowned. The two
daughters of Prof. Widney were rescued
from watery grave through the bravery
of Theodore Bust, Jr., who witnessed the
accident and jumped in to the rescue
The Manitoba R. R., has purchased
nearly 400 acres of land at St. Cloud, Mimi.
for shops and stock yards, lying on both
be placed at work at once, and the ground
will be prepared this fall and a commence
ment made on the buildings. The car shops
will probably be located on this side Of the
Sank river, while the entire Eugene McCar-
thy farm, 100 acres, will be taken for the
commodate the traffic of Minnesota, Dakota
and Montana. In addition to the car shops
an extensive foundry will be built to turn
out all the car wheels used on the road. The
company will expend in this work this fall
and in 1888, 81 100000, and the works will
provide for 1000, which would mean the
employment Of at least 1900 men.
The house of D. S. Hitler, farmer
living about six miles from Osseo, Hennepin
Co., Mimi, in an isolated locality, was
visited by two men about . O'Clock in the
morning. Mrs. Hitler was the only
occupant of the house, Mr.. Hitler and sons
being in the field at work, some distance
from the house. The men threw Mrs.
Hitler into the cistern and then proceeded
to raneack the house. One hundred and
seventy-four dollars in money and 5000 in
notes we're stolen. The men then fed,
leaving Mre. Hitler in the cistern, from
which perilous situation she was rescued
some two hours ater by her son. The els
tern contained seven feet of water and she
chung to the pipe to keep from drowning.
The rascals were not caught.
D. B. Staples, son of Isaac Staples of
Saltwater, MINI. shot Charles A. Winship of
house at Freeport, ILL.,, the bullet lodging
near the heart. almost necessarily fatal.
Both the young men had horses on the track
at the Freeport races Staples was locked
up. He refused to talk about the matter,
saying that his victim could be relied upon
he can assign no cause for the shooting. One
of the Staples trotters was badly beaten in
the races and it is intimated that the yonog
man accused Winship of being the cause of
it. Staples was more or less intoxicated
when he committed the deed.
Chairman Cooley of the Interstate
Commerce commission, replying to 0. D.
Keyes of Faribault, Mimi, upon the matter
of taking voluminOuS oral testimony in
Minnesota in the Board of Trade Union VS..
the G. M. & st P. R R., offers the opinion
that the facts must be largely matters of
public notorietY which it will be unneces-
sary to prove orally. He dwells at some
length on the volume OF business awaiting
the action of the commission and urges
counsel to endeavor to reach agreements, as
far as possible, in all cases upon statements
of facts, with view to reducing to the
smallest compass the oral evidence necessary
to be taken.
For incest, practiced to a more than
abhorrent degree, Reinhart Stein, living in
German settlement in Dane county, Wis,
was sentenced by Judge Bradley to nine
years in the penitentiary. He has four
daughters, the youngest but fourteen, and
has outraged nature in the case of all, con-
Tossing to an intimacy with the two oldest in
the old country. Through priest the law
learned of his co-habitation with his young
est child few weeks ago and he was at
once arrested. AL of his daughters were
spirited away to Iowa before his arrest.
He confessed by the advice of his attorney.
John Hammersmith of Minneapolis,
stepped into butcher shop and asked the
loan of knife, which was furnished him,
and went into the back yard and cut
his throat. The mans terrible desperation
was shown when, after cutting large
cash in his throat, he inserted his fingers
he would fail in his mad deed, he cut his
wrist with the knife. He was soon dis.
covered and physician called who said the
man would die. He has wife and two
children. A period of hard drinking was
the cause Of the act.
The 25th anniversary OF the defense
of New Ulm, Mimi, from the assaults of the
blood thirsty Sioux Indians was celebrated
at that city on the Gath, in very elaborate
manner, with parade, speeches, dinner
| and on evening social. Gov. McGill, Judge
Flandrau, Congressman Lind, Col. VIM.
Pfaender were the principal speakers. There
was very large aSSemOlaSo anu Cne Qav
was happily passed by the survivors and
veterans of the defense and the new genera
ton that have since become the active men
of the present time.
Charles B. Foster, a MUSICIAN OF
Keokuk, Iowa, went to the Allison House
and took a room and retired. Not appear.
| ing at 10 O'Clock the next day, and failing
to respond to calls, the door was forced
open and his dead body was found lying
upon the bed. Death resulted from the ex:
cessive use of chloroform, to which the
deceased was addicted. He was about
thirty five years old and married. Foster
had travelled with several organizations, bis
last engaeement being with McIntire &
| Heath's minstrelS. =
Two men were asphyxiated, at the
Norton farm, near Wabasha, MINI. The
tenant of the farm had dug well thirty:
three feet deep, R. Hullinger, who hao
been working in the we'll, bored down into
the bottom with an auger when there was 8
roaring sound and escaping gas. Hullingel
| called for help, but was unconscious Wher
i fha h,1ckot was l0wered for him. Chris